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Peterson, Jeff – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This study's goal was to determine if appropriately designed, completely virtual formats of language courses are able to engender in students speaking ability progress comparable to that fostered within traditional face-to-face (F2F) classrooms. The study further sought to clarify language learners' perceptions of online Japanese courses. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Japanese, Language Proficiency, Conversational Language Courses
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Hetrovicz, Lauren – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
According to the functional model proposed by Sampasivam and Clément in 2014, the two determinants that build towards second language confidence (L2C) are "richness and self-involvement" of the contact experience. This study adds to previous research by investigating, for the first time, the role of interlocutor type in the context of…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
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Sara Fernández Cuenca; Sean Michael Muller – Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, 2021
Language interaction has been shown to positively impact second language development (Long, 1996). However, whereas research that examined interactionist approaches to second language acquisition (Gass & Mackey, 2006) has meticulously studied how different factors in the interaction (interactional context, type of task, etc) may affect L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Task Analysis
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Kishi, Adrienne – English Teaching Forum, 2017
While written exercises may serve students adequately on tests, the structures they emphasize can remain elusive or difficult for students to master in conversation. Students tend to interpret their difficulty in applying what they have learned as a lack of language ability, and they can quickly lose confidence when speaking. Producing a target…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Language Proficiency, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning
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Kissling, Elizabeth M.; O'Donnell, Mary E. – Language Awareness, 2015
This study describes how oral language was assessed in an advanced-level college foreign language (FL) conversation course. Learners used the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines to guide self-analyses of their oral production at intervals throughout the course. The intent was to provide opportunities for…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metalinguistics, Oral Language, Advanced Students
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Salehi, Hadi; Ebrahimi, Marziyeh; Sattar, Susan; Shojaee, Mohammad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was conducted at Parsayan Language Institute in Isfahan, Iran. The students in pre-intermediate and intermediate classes were examined to investigate the relationship between degrees of learner autonomy, use of strategies for coping with speaking problems and the learners' success in their speaking classes. To determine the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Personal Autonomy
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de Saint Léger, Diane; Storch, Neomy – Babel, 2012
Tasks can vary in terms of difficulty and implementation conditions, and these in turn may affect the nature of the language produced by the learner. There have been a large number of studies which have investigated the effects of these task properties and implementation conditions on the language the learner produces. To date, results have been…
Descriptors: French, Oral Language, Conversational Language Courses, Comparative Analysis
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Lys, Franziska – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
In this study, I investigate the use and integration of iPads in an advanced German conversation class. In particular, I am interested in analyzing how students learn with this new technology and how it affects the development of their oral proficiency level. Overall, my results suggest that iPads are well suited to practice listening and speaking…
Descriptors: German, Handheld Devices, Conversational Language Courses, College Students
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de la Campa, Juliane C.; Nassaji, Hossein – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
This study examined the amount, the purposes, and the reasons why L1 is used in L2 classrooms. Data consist of video and audio recording of samples of two instructors' L2 classes over the course of a 12-week semester in two second-year German conversation university courses, instructor interviews, and stimulated recall sessions. Results revealed…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Brooks, Frank B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
A study of learner-to-learner talk during a Spanish conversation course suggested that an interview-type speaking activity does not necessarily provide negotiation opportunities and provided an example for a speaking activity that promotes negotiation among foreign language learners. (17 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Oral Language
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Caldwell, Wendy – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
Many service learning studies support the positive effects of expanding the classroom into the community. The rapidly shifting demographic composition of the United States calls for a postsecondary education system that is able to prepare students to enter a global society. Service learning provides an opportunity for students to connect with the…
Descriptors: Models, Service Learning, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Watkins, Beverly T. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
More foreign-language professors are stressing speaking rather than grammar in their courses. They are encouraging their students to talk as much as 90 percent of the time. At the heart of the new approach is the concept of "proficiency"--what the student can do with the language. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Conversational Language Courses, Grammar
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Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1969
This volume of the French Basic Course contains ten situations from daily life, each divided into five sub-situations. The material for each situation consists of cartoons and lists of selected words. The purpose of the volume is to provide a vehicle for reviewing the grammar and vocabulary of lessons 1-85 of the Basic Course and adding new words…
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, French, Illustrations, Intensive Language Courses
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Davidheiser, James C.; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Three examples of conversation and composition courses that work well because of a large amount of preparation and coordination are outlined in this article. Courses in German, French, and Spanish are included that are concrete examples. (JL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses, Educational Objectives, French
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Dornyei, Zoltan; Thurrell, Sarah – ELT Journal, 1994
Topics for conversation courses include conversational rules and structure, conversational strategies, functions and meaning in conversation, and social and cultural contexts. The direct teaching of conversational skills involves adding specific language input, increasing the role of consciousness raising, and sequencing communicative tasks…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Course Content, Course Descriptions
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